The Impossible Crime

"The Impossible Crime" is one of three novellas written by Leslie Charteris and included in the sixth Saint book Alias the Saint published in 1931. It had previously been published in the magazine Thriller as "Bumped Off."

Plot
An unusually bored Simon Templar agrees to help Inspector Teal solve a crime involving a man in a locked room who had apparently been shot to death. This story marks the first appearance of Templar's colleague Duncarry, a New York City detective who once pursued Templar on a case, but is now considered one of the Saint's inner circle.

Television adaptation
"The Impossible Crime" was adapted as an episode (retitled "The Contract") of The Saint starring Roger Moore for its third season and first aired on January 7, 1965.